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Summary

4	Introduction Esther V. Schärer
8	The Exhibition – an Overview Esther V. Schärer

Responsibility

History

Genetics - DNA

12	Genetic Engineering and Ethics Alex Mauron
18	The Meaning of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering for Developing Countries Florence Wambugu
24	The Ecological Potential of Genetic Engineering Klaus Ammann

30	The Beginning: the Domestication and Cultivation of Plants Marlu Kühn
36	The Breeding of Domestic Animals Renate Ebersbach and Jörg Schibler
38	Agriculture and its Plants in the Pre-industiral Era Margrit Irniger
47	On the Trail of the Invisible Nadine Sommer
50	The Fundamental Principles of Inheritance Margrit Irniger
55	The Discovery of DNA Ana-Maria Bravo-Angel
56	Of Chromosomes and Flies Gerhard Ries
61	DNA: the Carrier of Genetic Information Ana-Maria Bravo-Angel
63	Jumping Genes Ellen Peerenboom

68	Identical, Similar, Different Nadine Sommer
70	The Language of the Genes Hans Weber
76	Genetic Engineering Werner Arber
83	Bacteria as Gene Ferries Ellen Peerenboom

Food

Applications

88	Genetic Engineering and Food Klaus-Dieter Jany
99	Detecting Genetically Modified Food Rolf Meyer
102	Genetically Modified Food and Allergies Beda M. Stadler

106	Wheat Breeding Peter Bieler and Jürg E. Schmid with the collaboration of Beat Keller, Gert Kleijer, Christof Sautter and Michael Winzeler
116	New Yeast, New Dough Peter Niederberger and Christof Gysler
118	Fungi and Yeast for a Tasty Sauce Michael Affolter and Peter van den Broek
121	Soyabean in Focus: Cold Tolerance Arnold Schori
124	Soya under Discussion: a New Strategy against Weeds Peter Bieler
126	The Potato and its Pest Werner Reust
129	The Famine Fungus Santiago Schaerer and Roland Beffa
133	How the Potato Fights Viruses Pia Malnoë, Gábor Jakab and Eric Droz
136	Cassava - a Virus Threatens Africa's Bread Peter Bieler and Johanna Puonti-Kaerlas
141	Vineyards and their Enemies Emeline Loizeau
145	Transgenic Rootstock Vines to Combat Infectious Degeneration Albert Spielmann
148	Two Important Partners for Our Nutrition: the Plant and the Soil Andreas Natsch and Daniel Guntli
155	Strategies Against the Maize Stem Borer Peter Bieler

158	Tropical Maize: Strategies against Drought Jean-Marcel Ribaut and Olivier Leblanc
162	Genetics and Animal Husbandry Gerald Stranzinger
165	Problems of Animal Breeding: Bull, Cow and Pig Anne-Sylvie Delacrétaz
171	Milk Factories and Phages Harald Brüssow
174	Vegetable Oils: Sunflowers and Rape Günther Hahne
177	Origin and Development of Rape Peter Bieler and Pia Rufener Al Mazyad
180	Biotechnology for the Cacao Tree... and the Coffee Tree Vincent Pétiard
186	Breeding Rice to Fight Blindness Martin Schrott
189	Scab - a Fungus Lurking in the Apple Trees Monica Goerre and Markus Kellerhals
194	Glossary

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